NINTENDO news this week includes a Pokemon Go AR follow up, Splatoon’s final map and and Nintendo NX update.

Nintendo news this week includes Pokemon Go, Splatoon and the Nintendo NX

Pokemon Go looks set to be an important title for Nintendo and is set to launch in 2016.

Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima recently spoke of the company’s ambitions to aggressively expand into the mobile gaming market, confirming to Japanese newspaper Mainichi Shimbun that the first smartphone app would arrive in March, 2016.

He also commented on his ambitions to see Nintendo experiment with new business models and more smartphone apps including famous characters launching in the near future.

So the success of a title like Pokemon Go could be paramount to Nintendo’s future plans.

Games industry consultant Dr. Serkan Toto has predicted that recent moves made by developers Niantic could pave the way for yet more titles getting the special real-world treatment.

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Pokemon Go could prove to be a very important title for Nintendo moving forward

“In a quote, John Hanke (CEO of Niantic proper) says the platform is a new business he wants to see developing quicker through his company’s Japan operations,” Toto states in his Kanten Games blog.

“Generally speaking, Japanese gaming companies (I mean Nintendo in this specific case) love going vertical by becoming platforms if any opportunity to do so opens up: so it might very well be that Pokemon is not the only Nintendo mobile game that will make use of AR and GPS going forward.”

Wii U exclusive Splatoon has had its final map make its debut today, as Nintendo look to wrap up their content support for the popular third-person shooter.

Ancho-V Games joined the rotation today and is set inside the offices of the developers of hit indie games like “Squid Jump.”

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More news surrounding what the Nintendo NX is set to offer has emerged this week

“Keep an eye out for some of the jellyfish development team, hard at work (and under a strict NDA!) on their next title,” the Splatoon blog explains.

“One feature of this stage are the PC-fan shaped propellers that can be inked to move portions of the floor.

“Use these to exploit the stage’s verticality and gain the high ground over your opponents. What role do these things play in game development, anyway?”

Nintendo have supplying a steady stream of new maps and weapons since Splatoon’s launch back in May but this looks set to be the last of the bunch.

Survey company GFK, who count Nintendo as one of their clients, appear to have revealed various pieces of information about the mysterious Nintendo NX console.

New information post online today claims that the NX supports 4K video streaming, with gameplay graphics clocking in at 60fps.

It is unclear what purpose the recent survey will serve for Nintendo and whether the features listed are just for research purpose or actually part of the new console package.